A LAMENT by Percy Bysshe Shelley O World! O Life! O Time! On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the […]
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RELATIVE AGE OF OLD To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.
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DREAMS OR REGRETS A man is not old until regrets take the place of his dreams. — John Barrymore
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ANUTS WITHOUT CHOCOLATE A preacher visits an elderly woman from his congregation. As he sits on the couch he notices a large bowl of peanuts on the coffee table. “Mind
SECOND OPINION My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn’t pay the bill he gave me six months more. — Walter Matthau
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MATURING JUDGMENTS What youth deemed crystal, age finds out was dew. – – Robert Browning (1812-1889)
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BETTER TO THE END In addition to telling me that they want me around a long time, my children also like to cheer me up by saying, “You look good,
I WANT TO LIVE Today, Lord, I’m 80, and there’s so much I haven’t done I hope, dear Lord, you’ll let me live until I’m 81. But then, if I
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OLD MEN & COMMUNION One Sunday after church, the pastor could not find his daughter. As he walked into the auditorium, he saw his daughter on the podium. Unaware of
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HONOR AGE The fifth of the ten commandments bids us honor our parents, “that your days may be long upon the earth.” I am not sure that people who honor
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RESPONSES TO AGING There are only two things you can do about aging: keep getting older or die! Michael Hodgin
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SLOW MEMORIES Two elderly women were discussing some of the problems encountered as they were growing older. One woman observed, “The worst thing about growing older is when you begin
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SO MUCH CHANGE An old fellow decided to rejuvenate himself. So he took up jogging. He married a younger woman. He tinted his hair so the gray no longer showed.
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CHURCH MENTORS Robert Hicks discusses a mentoring program designed for seminarians at the Seminary of the East, and presents the mentoring process as that which facilitates the three ingredients of
FATHERS KNOW MOST A young boy was talking to his father about what little boys know and what their fathers know. The boy asked, “Do fathers always know more than
PEOPLE PERSPECTIVES God loves a dangling Christian (totally dependent on him.) As we refresh others, we, ourselves are refreshed. Take time to love; it’s God-like. Pretend you’re a star and
FILM FOR THE MEMORY Everyone has a photographic memory; But some don’t have film!
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WANDERING MIND “Oh, Doctor, I’m so upset,” said the woman. “My husband seems to be wandering in his mind.” “Don’t let that worry you,” the doctor replied. “I know your
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OLDER MEMORIES I heard this several years ago. Seems there were three elderly ladies living together in an old two-story, wood-frame house. One night as they were all in the
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GENERATIONAL KNOWLEDGE One of the subtle differences among the generations: people over 35 generally know their Social Security numbers by heart; people under 35 memorize their credit-card numbers; people under
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